beat out

verb

beat out; beaten out or beat out; beating out; beats out

transitive verb

1

: to make or perform by or as if by beating

2

: to mark or accompany by beating

3

: to turn (a routine ground ball or a bunt) into a hit in baseball by fast running to first base

Examples of beat out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Fever guard beat out Sky forward Angel Reese to win the WNBA Rookie of the Year award last year and tensions seem to rise between them at the game this weekend. —Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 19 May 2025

In the end, Mississippi P.E. teacher Jamal Roberts won the title of the next American Idol. Roberts, 27, beat out John Foster and Breanna Nix, the runners-up who placed second and third, respectively. —Shania Russell, EW.com, 19 May 2025

Retribution beat out second-place Touchy and third-place Ancient World in 1 minute, 11.27 seconds. —Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 17 May 2025

Moisés Ballesteros, in his MLB debut, beat out a double-play ball at first to give the Cubs runners on the corners. —Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 14 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1588, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for beat out

• about
• bailout
• blackout
• blowout
• breakout
• burnout
• buyout
• checkout
• closeout
• cutout
• devout
• dropout